Refining

Linde and Praxair have announced their intention to merge, retaining the Linde name.

Axens has been awarded a contract for its PolyFuel® technology at a refinery in Romania.

Chevron Products Company has signed a long term agreement with WEX Bank to issue and operate Chevron and Texaco branded commercial fleet cards commencing in January 2018.

Praxair, Inc. has started up its carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction plant at Delaware City Refining Company’s facility in Delaware City.

LiqTech has announced it has received a US$260 000 order for a water treatment system for flue gas condensate.

Investors have jettisoned long oil ETFs following the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) recent decision to curb production.

Phillips 66 has announced its Freeport LPG export terminal is now fully operational.

BP has signed an agreement that grants the company a 10% interest in Abu Dhabi’s ADCO onshore oil concession.

The API has released its monthly statistical report, claiming that petroleum demand rose in November.

The new catalyst series is industrially proven to provide ultra low levels of sulfur, while keeping octane numbers high.

Electric valve actuator manufacturer AUMA has won several important contracts in Fujairah, the largest of which is for the Black Pearl project, commissioned by tank farm operator Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited. .

KazMunayGas (KMG) has announced it has completed the sale of its 51% stake in the largest refinery in Romania.

API President Jack Gerard has released a statement on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nomination of US Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., to be the next Secretary of the Interior.

Vivakor, Inc. has announced it has entered into a major Memorandum of Understanding in Saudi Arabia.

After several years of successful research collaboration, Chevron ETC purchased a hydrocracking catalyst testing workflow from hte for the efficient combination of key steps in R&D.